
Credit:
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
This series of images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite shows a a dust storm from Africa’s Sahara Desert blowing out over the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
Images & Animations
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Metadata
Sensor:
Terra - MODISData Date:
April 21 - 21, 2002Visualization Date:
April 28, 2002

